#6495C8#6495C8

#6495C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.093 H 250.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#6495C8
RGBrgb(100, 149, 200)
HSLhsl(211, 48%, 59%)
HSVhsv(211, 50%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(50%, 25.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LABlab(60.22, -2.22, -31.37)
CIE-LCHlch(60.22, 31.45, 265.96°)
OKLaboklab(65.57% -0.0313 -0.0877)
OKLCHoklch(65.57% 0.093 250.3)
XYZxyz(26.4247, 28.3724, 58.7163)
Luminance0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#6495C8 #C89764
analogous
#64C7C8 #6495C8 #6564C8
triadic
#6495C8 #C86495 #95C864
tetradic
#6495C8 #C864C7 #C89764 #64C865
square
#6495C8 #C864C7 #C89764 #64C865
split-complementary
#6495C8 #C86564 #C7C864
monochromatic
#2F5883 #3F76B0 #6495C8 #91B4D8 #BED3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15
#6495C8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67
#6495C8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #6495C8
6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##6495C8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##6495C81.003.156.676.67
#FFFFFF3.151.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6721.001.001.00
##0000006.6721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#8097CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#748DC7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#33A1A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #6495c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(100, 149, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.093 250.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96b4d9',
    500: '#6495c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #6495c8;
$custom-light: #96b4d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#6495c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 100,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.6,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65574,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 250.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#6495C8
secondary
#D8C4B0
accent
#9551D7
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F2F6FA
border
#CCD0D3
text
#0E1114
muted
#7E8083

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#6495C8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva